By Dr Asoka Bandarage The writer, a scholar and practitioner, has taught at Yale, Brandeis, Mount Holyoke (where she received tenure), Georgetown, American and other universities and colleges in the U.S. and abroad. COLOMBO (IDN) — On September 17, New Fortress Energy (NFE), a U.S.-based energy infrastructure company, signed a momentous legal agreement with the […]
Sustainable Development Observer – A Promotional Blog
BERLIN | SYDNEY (IDN) — The ‘Sustainable Development Observer’ (SDO) is an associated publication of IDN-InDepthNews, with a selection of articles from SDGsforAll.Net, a joint media project with the Soka Gakkai International. IDN is flagship agency of the non-profit International Press Syndicate. SDO will be a monthly e-magazine published towards the end of each month.
A Climate Awakening Is Urgently Needed to Save The World’s Most Vulnerable
Viewpoint by Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti The writer is Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). BRUSSELS (IDN) — Time is fast running out for millions of peoples living in situations of high risk where lives, livelihoods and a safe, secure place to live are all at stake. Extreme climate and […]
Tale Of Two Peoples’ Summits – Who Can Help to Feed the World?
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — There were two “Peoples’ Food Summits” held on September 23, one hosted by the United Nations from New York with some world leaders appearing virtually, while the other was hosted completely virtually with peoples’ movements bringing grassroots voices to the world.
People as Pawns to Power: The Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis on the Belarusian Border Needs Urgent Attention
By Anna Alboth The writer is Anna Alboth is Media Programmes Coordinator, Minority Rights Group International, Warsaw. WARSAW (IDN) — For an organisation established on the back of a humanitarian disaster that shocked the world, the lack of discussion at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly about events unfolding on the Polish-Belarusian border […]
U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy
Viewpoint by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK (IDN) — U.S. President Biden addressed the UN General Assembly on September 21 with a warning that the climate crisis is fast approaching a “point of no return,” and a promise that the United States would rally the world to action. “We will lead […]
UN Jolted by Single Corona Virus Infection at a Meeting of World Leaders
By Thalif Deen NEW YORK (IDN) — Amid fears of the current General Assembly sessions in danger of being a “super spreader” of the Delta virus—among hundreds of delegates attending a two-week long meeting through end September—the United Nations has alerted its staff about an unnamed delegate testing positive.
World Food Systems Summit Needs to Recognise Right of Farmers and People Not of Corporations’, Say Critics
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) — The Heads of State and Government from more than 90 countries are expected to announce their commitments to transform food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the historic UN Food Systems Summit this week held virtually from New York. But many civil society and farmers’ groups […]
Creating and Codifying the Right to Be Remembered
By Yossef Ben-Meir, Emily Oksen, and Kristin O’Donoghue Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir is President of the High Atlas Foundation and Chief of Party of the USAID Religious and Ethnic Minorities Activity Program in Morocco. Emily Oksen and Kristin O’Donoghue are students at the University of Virginia and interns with HAF. MARRAKESCH (IDN) — It is human […]
Report Censures Facebook for Promoting Human Trafficking
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network New York (IDN) — False or misleading posts on Facebook and Instagram are being blamed for enabling human traffickers who recruit African women to be ferried to Saudi Arabia and other countries with promises of visas and jobs. Instead, the women are held captive, denied access to food and […]